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Renewable Energy: Cheshire East

Asked by Connor NaismithLabourDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 9 June 2025UIN 55584

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what (a) support and (b) funding his Department provides for renewable energy innovation to entrepreneurs in Cheshire East.

Answered by Kerry McCarthy

The Government supports renewable energy innovation through a range of measures including the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio which aims to accelerate the commercialisation of low-carbon technologies in power, buildings and industry. Over 2021-25, approximately £91 million has been invested in the Northwest of England through this programme. For example, in East Cheshire, funding has been provided to innovators like Aerofoil Energy to improve energy and temperature performance in retail refrigeration.

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